FILM DIRECTOR

Harry Beaumont

1888 - 1966

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Harry Beaumont (10 February 1888 – 22 December 1966) was an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He worked for a variety of production companies including Fox, Goldwyn, Metro, Warner Brothers, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Harry Beaumont is the 1,065th most popular film director (down from 985th in 2024), the 7,462nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,283rd in 2019) and the 276th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Harry Beaumont ranks 1,065 out of 2,041Before him are Abram Room, Mike Figgis, Joseph Sargent, Leopold Lindtberg, Ruth Orkin, and Stanislav Rostotsky. After him are Mrinal Sen, Curtis Bernhardt, Milcho Manchevski, Mary Harron, Yasuzo Masumura, and Irwin Winkler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Harry Beaumont ranks 209Before him are Ronald Knox, José Eustasio Rivera, Kaare Klint, Edward Cook, Fritz-Hubert Gräser, and Kaarlo Koskelo. After him are Alexei Mateevici, Guido Romano, Paul Peter Ewald, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Rexhep Mitrovica, and Zia ol Din Tabatabaee. Among people deceased in 1966, Harry Beaumont ranks 169Before him are Paul Zielinski, Santiago Lovell, Elliot See, Josef von Báky, Herbert Marshall, and Bernard Schmetz. After him are Wivi Lönn, Naima Akef, Julia Faye, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Adrianus de Jong, and Margery Allingham.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Beaumont ranks 7,465 out of 20,380Before him are Barry Harris (1929), Lightnin' Hopkins (1912), Mary Beth Hurt (1946), Tazz (1967), Ruth Orkin (1921), Paul Costello (1894), and Arthur Harnden (1924). After him are Margaret Qualley (1994), Jim Keltner (1942), Sherrill Milnes (1935), Christopher Scarver (1969), and Tom Byron (1961).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Harry Beaumont ranks 276Before him are Cameron Crowe (1957), Dennis Dugan (1946), Hal Needham (1931), Chris Wedge (1957), Joseph Sargent (1925), and Ruth Orkin (1921). After him are Irwin Winkler (1931), Aaron Norris (1951), John Lee Hancock (1956), Chuck Russell (1958), Gregory La Cava (1892), and Robert Parrish (1916).